All Saints Oakham Weekly Pewsheet Service Details and Notices Presentation of Christ in the Temple Sunday 1 February 2015 Oakham 8:00am Holy Communion (CW Trad) 10:30am Parish Communion 6:00pm Evensong Whissendine 11:00am Confirmation Ashwell No service Teigh No service Market Overton No service Langham 6:00pm Word, Worship & Response Braunston 11:00am Holy Communion Brooke 6:00pm Evensong Hambleton No service Egleton 9:15am Holy Communion (CW Trad) If you are new to this church or visiting, please make yourself known to the clergy or churchwardens. If you wish to receive Holy Communion in your pew, or would like a large print version of this Pewsheet, please ask a sidesperson. Please take this Pewsheet home
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All Saints O
akham
Weekly Pewsheet Service Details and Notices
Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Sunday 1 February 2015
Oakham 8:00am Holy Communion (CW Trad)
10:30am Parish Communion
6:00pm Evensong
Whissendine 11:00am Confirmation
Ashwell No service
Teigh No service
Market Overton No service
Langham 6:00pm Word, Worship & Response
Braunston 11:00am Holy Communion
Brooke 6:00pm Evensong
Hambleton No service
Egleton 9:15am Holy Communion (CW Trad)
If you are new to this church or visiting, please make
yourself known to the clergy or churchwardens.
If you wish to receive Holy Communion in your pew, or
would like a large print version of this Pewsheet, please ask
The Order of Service is contained in the separate Service Book.
Opening Hymn*
1. Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ the true, the only Light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise, triumph o'er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near; Daystar, in my heart appear.
2. Dark and cheerless is the morn unaccompanied by thee;
joyless is the day's return, till thy mercy's beams I see,
till they inward light impart, glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
3. Visit then this soul of mine,
pierce the gloom of sin and grief; fill me, radiancy divine,
scatter all my unbelief; more and more thyself display,
shining to the perfect day.
Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Music: Ratisbon, melody from Werner’s Choralbuch Leipzig 1815,
harmonised by William Henry Havergal (1793-1870) and William Henry Monk (1823-1889)
(Ancient & Modern – 2)
Collect
Almighty and ever-living God, clothed in majesty,
whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple, in substance of our flesh:
grant that we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts,
by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
First Reading – Malachi 3.1-5
Thus says the Lord God: See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before
me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight – indeed, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. But
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who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is
like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they
present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years.
Then I will draw near to you for judgement; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who
oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
Second Reading – Hebrews 2.14-18*
Since the children share flesh and blood, Jesus himself likewise shared the same
things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of
Abraham. Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a
sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
Gradual Hymn*
1. In our darkness light has shone,
Alleluia, still today the light shines on,
Alleluia; Word made flesh in human birth,
Alleluia, Light and Life of all the earth,
Alleluia!
2. Christ the Son incarnate see, Alleluia,
by whom all things came to be, Alleluia;
through the world his splendours shine, Alleluia,
full of grace and truth divine, Alleluia!
3. All who now in him believe,
Alleluia, everlasting life receive,
Alleluia; born of God and in his care,
Alleluia, we his name and nature share,
Alleluia!
4. Christ a child on earth appears, Alleluia,
crown of all creation’s years, Alleluia;
God’s eternal Word has come, Alleluia,
he shall lead his people home, Alleluia!
Words: based on John 1.1-14, Timothy Dudley-Smith (b 1926)
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. (as it is written in
the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair
of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.’
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested
on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the
temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying,
‘Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for
my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.’
And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him.
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so
that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed – and a sword will pierce your own soul too.’ There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of
Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but
worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for
the redemption of Jerusalem. When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew
and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favour of God was upon him.
Offertory Hymn*
1. This earth belongs to God, the world, its wealth, and all its people;
he formed the waters wide and fashioned every sea and shore.
Who may go up the hill of the Lord and stand in the place of holiness? Only the one whose heart is pure,
whose hands and lips are clean.
2. Lift high your heads, you gates; rise up, you everlasting doors,
as here now the King of glory enters into full command.
Who is the King, this King of glory, where is the throne he comes to claim? Christ is the King, the Lord of glory,
fresh from his victory.
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3. Lift high your heads, you gates,
and fling wide open the ancient doors, for here comes the King of glory
taking universal power. Who is the King, this King of glory,
what is the power by which he reigns? Christ is the King, his cross his glory,
and by love he rules
4. All glory be to God the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit; from ages past it was, is now,
and evermore shall be.
Words: after Psalm 24, Christopher Idle (b 1938) Music: Trumpet Voluntary, Jeremiah Clarke (1670-1707), arr David Ball
Lord God, the springing source of everlasting light, pour into the hearts of your faithful people
the brilliance of your eternal splendour, that we, who by these kindling flames
light up this temple to your glory, may have the darkness of our souls dispelled,
and so be counted worthy to stand before you in that eternal city where you live and reign,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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The ministers and choir lead the procession to the font, followed by the people. As they
process they sing the following hymn.
Processional Hymn
1. Of the Father’s heart begotten
ere the world from chaos rose, he is Alpha: from that Fountain,
all that is and hath been flows; he is Omega, of all things
yet to come the mystic Close, evermore and evermore.
2. By his word was all created;
he commanded and ’twas done; earth and sky and boundless ocean,
universe of three in one, all that sees the moon’s soft radiance,
all that breathes beneath the sun, evermore and evermore.
3. He assumed this mortal body,
frail and feeble, doomed to die, that the race from dust created
might not perish utterly, which the dreadful Law had sentenced
in the depths of hell to lie, evermore and evermore.
4. O how blest that wondrous birthday,
when the Maid the curse retrieved, brought to birth mankind’s salvation,
by the Holy Ghost conceived, and the Babe, the world’s Redeemer,
in her loving arms received, evermore and evermore.
5. This is he, whom seer and sybil
sang in ages long gone by; this is he of old revealèd
in the page of prophecy; lo! he comes, the promised Saviour;
let the world his praises cry! evermore and evermore.
6. Sing, ye heights of heaven, his praises;
Angels and Archangels, sing! wheresoe’er ye be, ye faithful,
let your joyous anthems ring, every tongue his name confessing,
countless voices answering, evermore and evermore.
Words: Corde natus ex parentis, Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348-c413), translated by Roby Furley Davis (1866-1937) Music: Divinum Mysterium, melody from Piae Cantiones 1582, harmonised by Compilers of New English Hymnal 1986
(Ancient & Modern – 80)
Final Responsory
Father, here we bring to an end our celebration of the Saviour’s birth.
Help us, in whom he has been born, to live his life that has no end.
Here we have offered the Church’s sacrifice of praise.
Help us, who have received the bread of life, to be thankful for your gift.
Here we have rejoiced with faithful Simeon and Anna.
Help us, who have found the Lord in his temple, to trust in your eternal promises.
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Here we have greeted the light of the world.
Help us, who extinguish these candles, never to forsake the light of Christ.
The candles are extinguished
Here we stand near the place of baptism.
Help us, who are marked with the cross, to share the Lord’s death and resurrection.
Here we turn from Christ’s birth to his passion. Help us, for whom Lent is near, to enter deeply into the Easter mystery.
Here we bless one another in your name. Help us, who now go in peace,
to shine with your light in the world. Thanks be to God. Amen.
The ministers and people depart.
6:00pm Evensong
The Order of Service is contained in the separate Service Book, and the hymns are taken
from New English Hymnal.
Opening Hymn 336 – Angel-voices ever singing
Psalm 122 laetatus sum J Stainer
1 I was glad when they | said ∙ unto | me : we will | go into ∙ the | house of ∙ the | Lord.
2 Our | feet shall | stand in thy | gates —, | O Je- | rusalem.
3 Jerusalem is | built ∙ as a | city :
that is at | uni-ty | in it- | self. 4 For thither the tribes go up, * even the | tribes of ∙ the | Lord :
to testify unto Israel, to give | thanks un-to the | Name of ∙ the | Lord.
†5 For there is the | seat of | judgement :
even the | seat ∙ of the | house of | David.
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6 O pray for the | peace ∙ of Je- | rusalem :
they shall | prosper ∙ that | love — | thee. 7 Peace be with- | in thy | walls :
and | plenteous-ness with| in thy | palaces.
8 For my brethren and com- | pan-ions’ | sakes : I will | wish — | thee pro- | sperity.
9 Yea, because of the house of the | Lord our | God : I will | seek to | do thee | good.
Glory | be ∙ to the | Father,
and to the | Son and ∙ to the | Ho-ly | Ghost; As it was in the beginning is | now and ∙ ever | shall be :
world | with-out | end, A- | men.
First Lesson – Haggai 2.1-9
Office Hymn 156 – Sing how the age-long promise of a Saviour (t Coelites Plaudant, 190 ii)
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis – set 2
Second Lesson – John 2.18-22
Hymn after the Prayers 157 – Hail to the Lord who comes
Hymn after the Sermon 205 – Christ is made the sure foundation
Today
SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY
11:00am – CONFIRMATION SERVICE
St Andrew Whissendine
This will be one joint service for the four Northern parishes. Bishop John
Holbrook will be with us for the service, which will be followed by a
shared lunch. No services in Teigh, Ashwell or Market Overton today.
This Week
WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY
1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME
All Saints Oakham
Form 6 pianists
Programme to include Warlock Capriol
Suite (selected movts) and music by Chopin
7:30pm – COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
Mayhew Room, All Saints Oakham
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THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY
12:30-2:00pm – PRE-LENT LUNCH
Market Overton Bowls Club
£3 for adults, £1 for children for a
homemade soup, roll, cheese and tea & coffee. Bring & Buy Stall and Raffle. The
money raised will aid much needed building funds for Market Overton
Parish Church. Booking is essential, as all seats at the table are usually taken. There will be a Prize Draw for those
attending both lunches (second one is on 26 February). Please ring Lin on
01572 767666 or Corrine & Ted on 01572 813675 or email